Demersal fish biodiversity: Species-level indicators and trends-based targets for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1789-1801

  Greenstreet, Simon P R ^a   Rossberg, Axel G ^b,c   Fox, Clive J ^d   Le Quesne, William J F ^c   Blasdale, Tom ^e   Boulcott, Philip ^a   Mitchell, Ian ^e   Millar, Colin ^a,f   Moffat, Colin F ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d Scottish Marine Institute   (United Kingdom)

^e THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^f JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

"sensitive" species; binomial distribution; indicator level targets; metric level targets; species specific metrics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMETRY; DATA SET; DEMERSAL FISH; FISHERY SURVEY; MARINE POLICY; RECOVERY PLAN; TREND ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84867493616     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss148     Document Type: Article

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